Electric car



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(N0 Model.)

H. W. SMITH.

ELECTRIC GAR.

Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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H. W. SMITH.

ELEGTRIG GAR.

No. 399,092. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

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HARRY \V. Sfilllil, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

ELECTRlC CAR.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,092, dated March 5, 1889.

Application filed October 26, 1888 Serial No. 239,220. (No model.)

To caZZ whom may concern:

Be it known that I, l-lnRI-W \Y. SMITH, a citizen of thcl'i n ited States, residing at Newark, in the county oi Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand usefullmprovements in l lleetric Cars or 'Yehieles; and 1 do hereby declare the followi n to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an E d (I, held apart and connected at the opposite ends by guard-blocks e c, as indicated more stones or otherobstziicles l'ound onihe railway.

electric car such as have magnets thereon or beneath them adapted to affect certain armatures on the railway to prod uee a continu ous metallic circuit from the electric generator to the motor on the car, which will not be liable to be interfered with, damaged, or otherwise be rendered ineffective by the said,

magnets attracting and carrying by direct contact nails, hoops, and other magnetizable matter commonly found in the streets of a city.

The invention consists in the improved electric car, and in the combinations and arrangements of parts, substantially as will be the clauses 01: the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which likelctters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 indicates acar in side elevation having my improvem en t attached; and Fig. 2 is a section of the same, taken on line Fig.

hereinafter set forth, and finally cmliiodicd in The said magnet-holder is movable on its hearings on the axlesdo allowolf vertical play when thus riding over obstructions, the bearingbox f being sloi ted or provided with a vertical oblong passage, f, through which the car-axle extends An ailjnsting-screw, g, in each ol the boxes, serves to raise or lower the holder or carrier with relation to the railway.

The lower side of the holder ris provided with a sheet of brass or other suitable nonmagnetic protector, 1:, for the magnet, which lies between the railway and magnet, and will serve to prevent nai or other magnetic material from being attracted from the. road bed or way and being carried in direct contact by the magnets. The upper side of the holder is also covered, as at h, to prevent dust or moisture from entering the magnet-chambcr c thus formed.

The magnets 'z 1 may be permanent or electic-magnets; but I prefer to employ bot-l1 kinds, as shown, if indicating the electromag- 3 is a horizontal section showing the coustrucp 1 nets are connected together and to the motor j by wires 7.

tion of the end oi the imignet-carrier, taken on line 9 Fig. i a detail illustrating the means employed for suspending certain eontact-brushes; and Fig. is a longitudinal section of the same, taken on line 2'.

In said drawings, (1 indicates the body of a ear or vehicle of any suitable construction,

more especially such as are OlllplOyQd on the 1 tram or rail ways, and particularly the electrio railway described in a cotemporaneous application, Serial No. 285,400, filed by me on nets and 11 the permanent magnets. Thelatter secure a first impulse or movement of the armatures on passing the car upon the track to secure the continuous circuit, while the lat ter are more durable and less expensive. Said magnets are arranged in the holder orca-rricr in any suitable manner and the clcctro-magadapted to engage the plates Not the railway, substantiallyas in the manner described in a cotemporancous application, filed September 14, 1888, Serial No. 4500. Said brushes are arranged in passages in, Figs. i

and 5, formed in the carrier or holder, but separated from the magnet-chamber c by partithe 14th day of September, 1888. Beneath said 1 car is arranged,preferably by being suspended from the car-wheel axles i) Z), a magnet holder or carrier, c. This eons1sts,preferably, of two platespret'erabl y planks orboards,

tions m m. At their lower ends theln'nshcs extend through said. passages to engage the plates I, and at their upper ends they project above the holder or carrier and are adjustably held by spring-arms n, which latter al' low vertical play to the brushes to provide for inequalities 011 the roadway, and for obstructions such as have been heretofore referred to.

By loosening the set-screws the plates comprising the brush may be raised or lowered with reference to the springarn'is n, as may be desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is :o 1. The improved electric ea r combining with the body of a car a magnet-holder, magnets, and a plate of non-magnetic metal arranged between the magnet and railway when the ear is in operation, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The improved electric car combining with the car-bod y a magnet-holder consisting of boards or plates (Z (I, provided with fenders at the ends and covered top and bottom with non-magnetic material and magnets arranged in said holders, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3). The improved electric car or vehicle combining with the car-body a magnet-holder arranged beneath the body of the car, and a series of magnets, including both electro-magnets and permanent magnets, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The improved electric car eombin in g with 0 the car-body axles Z) Z), a magnet-holder movably arranged on said axles, and magnets, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The improved electric car combining with the car-body an adjustable magnet-holder su pended from the axles thereof, and magnets, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. The improved electric car combining with l l l f l l l i i l 1 l the car-body an electric motor and magnets, a magnet-holder inclosing said magnets, and a brush or brushes extending through said holder to engage the track or way, substantially and for the purposes set forth.

7. The improved electric car combining with the car-body a series of inclosed magnets arranged beneath the body of the ear to attract armatures in therailway, substan tially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In'eombination, in a car having an electromotor, plates (Z d, cover 71, and partitions m m, forming brush-passages, brushes arranged in said passages and adapted to engage a conductor in the railway and transmit the current therefrom and connected with said motor, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

9. The improved electric car combining with the car-bod y a magnet-holder, bru shes ad 3' ustably arranged with relation to said holder, and springs secured on said holder and to said brushes, substantially as set forth.

10. The improved electric car combining therein a magnet-holder and magnets, and brushes arranged on said holder to en gage the conducting agents on the road or way, said brushes being carried by springs to allow an automatic adjustment relative to said way, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of October, 1898.

HARRY W. SMITH. Vitnesses:

CHARLES II. PELL.

E. L. SHERMAN. 

